Prisoner Discipline Flashcards
who adopts the policy?
The Commissioner of Corrections
where is the policy contained?
34-A M.R.S.A. section 1402, 1403, 3032
Where is the policy applied?
All Departmental Adult Facilities
What is the purpose of prisoner discipline?
to maintain safety and security and orderly management of correctional facilities.
what guideline should the policy follow?
fair and impartial procedures that are consistent with the constitutional and statutory rights of the individual prisoner.
Accessory
A prisoner is an accessory if he or she knowingly provides assistance to another prisoner committing or attempting to commit a violation.
Attempt
An act which constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct that would have ended in the commission of a violation of the attempt had been successful.
Conspiracy
An agreement with another prisoner or any other person to engage in or cause a violation.
Disciplinary restriction
Confinement in the prisoner’s own cell or room or in a cell or room in special management housing.
Disciplinary segregation
Confinement in a cell in restrictive housing
major rule violation
A class A or class B disciplinary violations that pose serious threats to safety, security, or orderly management.
Trafficking
Selling, bartering, trading, exchanging, furnishing, giving, administering, delivering, conveying, or otherwise transferring an item to another person or obtaining an item for the purpose of selling, bartering, trading, exchanging, furnishing, giving, administering, delivering, conveying or otherwise transferring an item to another person.
minor rule violation
Class C disciplinary violations that pose insignificant threats to safety, security, or orderly management.
planning
Making a plan as evidenced in a writing or a verbal statement of intent which includes, but is not limited to, the following: a diagram, map, list of steps, etc.
Possession
to have physical possession of or otherwise exercise control over an item on the prisoner’s person, in his or her assigned area, e.g., room, cell, work area, locker; or exercises control over a common area.
Privilege
A benefit to which a prisoner has no legal right.
Solicitation
commanding or otherwise attempting to induce another prisoner to commit a violation.
who makes decisions about prisoner appeals?
Chief Administrative Officer
What are the two categories major violations are in?
Class A and Class B
Class A
Class B
what policy should be followed for prisoners in Disciplinary Segregation?
Department Policy 15.2, Disciplinary Segregation Status.
What are prisoners given a disposition of disciplinary restriction allowed to do and not to do?
Prisoners can:
- leave their cells or rooms for core programs
- allowed to leave cells or rooms for meals or law library services
- allowed phone calls (if permitted in the policy)
Can’t:
- purchase restricted items from canteen/purchase electronic or musical entertainment
